Illuminated automobile-tag.



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ILLUMINATED AUTOMOBILE TAG. I APPLICATION FILED APR.20.19I8.

1,274,318. Patented July 30,1918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. PANZER, an, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

ILLUMINATED AUTOMOBILE-TAG.

Application filed April 20, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. PANZER, J12, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Illuminated Automobile-Tags, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to illuminated automobile tags and .it consistsin the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a tag of the character statedwhich bears at its opposite spaces identification numbers and othermatter as for instance the name of the State in which the tag is issuedand the year of its issue.

A further object of the invention is to provide upon the tag a light soarranged that the single light may illuminate the 0 posite side of thetag in a manner to ma e the reading matter at opposite sides of the tagclearly visible.

l/Vith this object in View the tag includes a body havin at its oppositesides the identification numbers and other matter and pro vided at itscenter with an opening. A light is arranged in the opening. This lightmay be a lamp or an electric bulb as desired. Approximatelyhemispherical shields are applied to the opposite sides of the body andinclose the light and the shields are provided with openings throughwhich the rays of light may pass and fall upon the numbers and readingmatter at the opposite sides of the tag. The said shields are alsoprovided with portions or sections which are impervious to the lightrays and prevent the rays of light from spreading over those surfaces orareas of the tag which do not con tain informational matter. The shieldsmay be provided at their central portions with lenses or differentcolored glass whereby the tag may also serve as a spot light placer oras a signaling means.

In the accompanying drawing z- Figure 1 is a side view of the tag.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

The other figures are detailed views of the features of the invention.

As illustrated in the accompanying draw- I Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented July 30, 1918.

Serial No. 229,789.

ing the tag comprises a body 1 which may be of metal or any othersuitable material and which bears at its opposite sides a numher 2, nameof the State 3 and the year I in which the tag is issued.

The body 1 is provided at its center with an opening 5 which is adaptedto receive a lamp 6. The lamp may be of an ordinary oil type or it maybe in the form of an electric bulb and it is so positioned within theopening that it will cast rays of light over the opposite sides of thebody.

Hemispherical shields 7 are located at the opposite sides of the body 1and are arranged to close over the opening 5. These shields may behingedly connected with the body whereby the lamp or light may beinserted in the opening or removed therefrom at will. As these shieldsare alike at description of one will suflice. Each shield 7 carries atits center a glass 8 which may be colored or which may be in the form ofa lens. The shield 7 is provided with glass covered openings 9 some ofwhich are arranged to permit the rays of light from the lamp to extendover the identification numbers, some to illuminate the name of theState and others to illuminate the year in which the tag is issued. Thematerial of the shield between the said openings and around the saidglass is impervious to the rays of light consequently they prevent theplain portions of the surface of the body from being illuminated and therays of light which reflect from the inner surfaces of the saidimpervious portion eventually pass out through the openings and are castover the reading matter upon the body of the tag.

From the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawing it will be seen that an automobile tag of simpleand durable structure is provided and that the same is provided withmeans whereby a single light may illuminate the opposite sides of thebody of the tag and also the rays of light will be conserved inasmuch asthey will not be spread over the plain portions of the tag but will beconcentrated over those portions which bear the identification numbersor data.

Having described the invention what is openings through which the raysmay pass claimed is: to the data, the said shields also beingpr0- 10 Atag comprising a body having an openvided with portions impervious tolight ing andprovided'atits oppositesides with which will out off therays from the light 5 identification data, alight located in the tothose portions of the tag. whieh are plain.

opening and arranged to cast its rays over in testimony whereof I affixmy signature. the data at the opposite sides of the body, V v I shieldslocated over the light and having GEORGE Fl PANZER, JR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

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